Award
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5R21AI178332-02
Development of an electrophoretic platform for bacteriophage discovery
Recipient
University of Notre Dame
Award Amount
$189,756.00
Ceiling
$189,756.00
Awarded
March 14, 2025
Identifier
5R21AI178332-02
This NIH-funded research project aims to create a novel electrophoretic platform for bacteriophage discovery, enabling separation, culture, imaging, and molecular characterization of phages from complex microbiota, with implications for antimicrobial development.
Description
A collaborative, multidisciplinary research project to develop and validate an innovative microfluidic capillary electrophoretic platform to separate bacteriophage from complex microbiota, study phage electrophoretic behavior, and interactions between bacteriophages and host bacteria.